C hemistry 4 60
Dr. Jean M. Standard
Problem Set 4 Solutions
1 . One of the important properties of Hermitian operators is that their eigenfunctions form a
complete set. This means that any arbitrary function f ( x ) may be exactly expressed as a
linear c

C hemistry 4 60
Dr. Jean M. Standard
Problem Set 8 Solutions
1 . Determine t he e xpectation v alues Sx , Sy , and Sz for an electron in the spin up
state. Use the spin raising and lowering operators to evaluate the first two of these
expectation v alues.